Fräls

Old Swedish Dictionary - fräls

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fräls" (or fræls) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

fräls Old Swedish word can mean:

fräls (fræls): 1) fri (i motsats till träl el underkuvad). thin thro giorde tik frälsa (salvam fecit) Mecht 114. " emancipatus fräls giorder" GU C 20 s. 215. ib (hand 2) s. 80.

fräls (fræls): 7) skattfri. Se Sdw 2: 1222. swa mykyn iordh aff mith fäderne, som frältz war af gammalt frälsse FMU 4: 92 (omkr. 1455).

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so fräls may have also been written as fræls

Part of speech: av

Additional information: adj. L.

Grammatical aspect: adj.

Alternative forms or notes:

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᛅᛚᛋ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.

FMU: Finlands medeltidsurkunder. Utg. af Finlands Statsarkiv genom R. Hausen. 1--5. 1910--28.